GMA News Online – Bongbong Marcos: BBL not yet dead but in a coma due to Mamasapano clash

For Senator Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr, the proposed Bangsamoro Basic Law is not yet dying but it is in coma due to the still unclear events surrounding the Mamasapano clash that left 44 Special Action Force commandos dead.

“I don’t know about dying, but it is in a coma dahil tigil lahat eh. All the legislative processes has been stopped,” Marcos told reporters Wednesday.

He said the BBL could only be revived when the Moro Islamic Liberation Front (MILF) had regained trust of the public.

In a separate interview, Senator Loren Legarda said she also would “never give up on the peace process.”

“I will never give up with our communist rebel brothers, I will never give up on our Muslim brothers but someone should be held accountable, dapat may managot, dapat managot yung mga nag-coddle kay Marwan,” she said.

Marcos reiterated the importance of MILF peace panel chairman Mohagher Iqbal in the hearings to shed light on the incident and the letter sent to the Senate that the MILF is still a revolutionary organization despite signing a peace agreement with the government.